LOT 3021
Hadrian BI Tetradrachm of Alexandria, Egypt. AD 117-138.
Dated RY 22 (AD 137/8). ΑΥΤ ΚΑΙϹ ΤΡΑ ΑΔΡΙΑΝΟϹ ϹЄΒ, laureate head to right with slight drapery on left shoulder / Nilus seated to left on rocks, holding reed and cornucopia; below, crocodile to right; L KB (date) in left field. RPC III 6250; Köln 1241-2; Dattari (Savio) 1438; K&G 32.767; Emmett 879.22. Very Fine. Rare arrangement of the date.(12.76gr, 25mm, 11h.).
ProvenanceFrom the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
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Philip I BI Tetradrachm of Antioch, Seleucis and Pieria. AD 244-249.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
Dated RY 4 (AD 248). ΑΥΤΟΚ Κ Μ ΙΟΥΛΙ ΦΙΛΙΠΠΟC CЄΒ, radiate and cuirassed bust to left, seen from front / ΔΗΜΑΡΧ ЄΞΟΥCΙΑC ΥΠΑ ΤΟ Δ, eagle standing to right, with wings spread, holding wreath in beak; ANTIOXIA S C in two lines below. RPC VIII Online Unassigned ID 29019; McAlee 953c; Prieur 432. 12.82gr, 28mm, 12h.
Good Very Fine.
Acquired in the mid 1980s-1990s. Private collection, Switzerland, thence by descent. Private collection, since the late 1990s. -
Diva Faustina I AE 15mm of Bostra, Arabia. Died AD 140/1.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
[ΘЄΑ] ΦΑΥϹΤ, veiled and draped bust to right / Bundle of three barley-ears, NT BO across field; all within wreath. RPC IV.3 6365 (temporary); Kindler 11; Rosenberger 11; Spijkerman 15; Sofaer 15. 2.12gr, 15mm, 6h.
Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Julia Augusta (Livia) AE Diobol of Alexandria, Egypt. AD 14-29.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £72
Dated RY 40 of Augustus (AD 10/11). Draped bust to right / Athena standing facing, head to left, holding Nike and resting left hand on grounded shield; L M (date) across field. RPC I 5055; Köln 39; Dattari (Savio) 60; Emmett 53.40. 7.40gr, 25mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
